RSSNew iPhone app makes it a wireless storage device
By Ed Oswald | Published August 12, 2008, 4:41 PM
With a multitude of applications now available from the App Store, few stand out. Vieosoft's DataCase may be one of those that does.
The $6.99 app was released on Monday, and essentially leverages the flash memory of the iPhone as a wireless storage device. Currently the application supports Microsoft Office, PDF, Text, image, HTML, audio, and video file transfer.
Support for iWork documents is not available in the initial version.
For transferring files to the device, DataCase adds two folders, a "drop box" where files are placed from the computer to be synced when placed within it, and a "shared files" folder that would allow for the sharing of files when connected to the wireless network.
Users can delete and view files transferred from the iPhone, and it features Apple File Protocol Transfers and Bonjour support, as well as FTP and HTTP connections. To allow for the organization of files, users can split the storage space up to 16 different volumes.
DataCase also allows users to back up files transferred using the program via the backup function that occurs during sync.
While the process is pretty much automatic within Mac OS X, users of Windows will need to connect to the device via FTP or HTTP. Those addresses to connect can be found at the bottom of the application's main screen.
Tests by BetaNews showed that the connections were reliable, and transfer was pretty much painless once the user elected to make the Drop Box folder viewable and browsable via the settings menu for that folder.
As others have reported, we did experience some problems once the application was closed and reopened.
Generally, however, response on iTunes seems to be positive, with the application receiving four and a half stars across 84 reviews.
"After all the garbage that has been piling up here lately it's great to see another awesome and useful app finally make it to the App Store," reviewer mangaphreak wrote.
Too bad that English seems very difficult for a lot of programmers out there. If only they used a spell checker before publishing. 'Incoming' is the right spelling, not 'Incomming'.
Comme on! ;-)
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|Poot knot yer trussed in spel chekers.
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|Considering BetaNews regularly post 2 page stories about absolutely nothing, this is not really much of a review considering it's headlined as a 'hands On Review'. And who the heck is 'mangaphreak' when he's at home?
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|mangaphreak is a reviewer of the app from the itunes\app store and his comment is intended to show a users opinion of the app in the abscence of a pro review not appear as though they are a pro reviewer themselves.
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|Right well shouldn't that have been put into context then? Like I said, the whole review is pretty much of a washout.
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|It'll be blocked soon enough.
/comment may contain sarcasm
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|There are like 4-5 data storage apps for the iphone/touch now. Ranging in price from 1.99 to 12.99.
I've had issues with ftp on windows machines.
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|This app is getting all the love ... and it should, it's very well done, but there are other good tools to use for this purpose too.
MobileFinder is one that I have taken to. It is not quite as full featured, but the simplicity of it does come at a lower price: $1.99
Worth checking out if this seems like overkill.
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